Mike Dewine won with 59.9% of the vote (2,665,512 votes), ahead of Ted Celeste with 35.9% (1,595,066 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 24.1 percentage points (1,070,446 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 24.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 11.1 points toward Republicans.
4,448,801 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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